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NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University. [2] The school colors are purple and white. [4] Although officially known as the Violets, the school mascot is a bobcat. [2] The Violets compete as a member of NCAA Division III in the University Athletic Association conference.
Carotenoids are the precursors of important fragrance compounds in several flowers. For example, a 2010 study of ionones in Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. aurantiacus determined its essential oil contained the highest diversity of carotenoid-derived volatiles among the flowering plants investigated.
Seeds range in length from 2.5–4.2 mm (0.098–0.165 in), but seeds as short as 2 mm (0.079 in) can occur, while they are 2.2–3 mm (0.087–0.118 in) across. The surfaces are rugose pitted- reticulate and are densely covered with smaller farinose granules with sparse larger farinose granules.
Download as PDF; Printable version; Appearance. ... and territory flowers. State federal district or territory Common name ... Violet (state flower) Viola: 1907 [19 ...
Salvia tingitana flower in Behbahan. Salvia (/ ˈ s æ l v i ə /) [3] is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with nearly 1000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals.
Ljubica (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубица and Macedonian: Љубица) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning "love" or "kiss", where -ica is a diminutive suffix. Also, ljubica means violet, while the actual flower is ljubičica, a superdiminutive. It is Serbo-Croatian in origin, used throughout the former Yugoslavia.
Iris chrysographes is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial with creeping rhizomes.The leaves are linear and greyish green, and up to 70 cm (28 in) long. The hollow flowering stems, 25–30 cm (9.8–11.8 in) long, bear slightly scented flowers in early summer.
Violet is a female given name which comes from the eponymous flower.As with other such names, its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States, with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so; Violet was the 88th most frequent girls' given name in 1900, dropping below position 1000 by 1960.